Automobile side inclosures adapted for ventilating and handhole purposes



G. E. BISHOP 1,874,867

AUTOMOBILE SIDE INCLOSURES ADAPTED FOR VENTILATING AND HANDHOLE PURPOSES I Aug. 30, 1932.

Fiied Jan. 7, 1930 fivwswroe: 650.965 E5/5/1'0P WW I Patented Aug. 30, 1932 L was: B SHO QF, EI- ND, am OHIO J i'orononrnn 2B IITGLQSUBESA A TE 'non V NTIL'ATING AnnirAnnH'oLn i Application filed January 'i', 1930), sci-m1 No. 419,143.-

My invention particularly relates to auto.- mobileside inclosures which are adapted to be mounted upon an automobile door soas to travel out and in with the latter as itlis 5' opened and shut, said inclosure being so constructed that efficient ventilation there:

through may be conveniently obtained, even when the door is shut; and also so constructed that, even without opening the automobile door or the ventilating part ofthe inclosure,

means are provided which permit a convenient passing of the hand through the ventilator opening, for the purposes of trafiic signalling, etc. a

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detail certain means embodying my invention, such means constituting,*ho.'wever, but oneof the various forms in which the principle of the invention may 2 be applied.

In said annexed drawing: Figure 1 is an inside view of my improved automobile side inclosure, showing only a I 0 fragmentary portion of the body thereof but showing the entire ventilator and hand-hole part, the latter being shown in closed position Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, in which the ventilator is shown in open position;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section, taken in the plane indicated by the line 33, Figure 2; and

larged scale, taken in the plane indicated by the line 4-4, Figure 2.

Referring to the annexed drawing in which the same parts are indicated by the same respective numbers in the several views, an automobile side inclosure body member 1 is provided with a suitable strengthening frame comprised of the bars 2, and with suitable outlooks 3. This inclosure is of any suitable standard design and is adapted to be mounted upon a door 4 of the automobile 'Z'through the medium of a vertical supporting rod 5 contained in a pocket 20 formed in the cur,- tain body 1 The rod 5 is secured to top and bottom strengthening members 2, and supported in the bushing 6 mounted in the door Figure 4; is a vertical section, upon an enframed. 'lhe, elements just described are conventional and may be of any suitable character adapted to accommodate and co-operate' with the improved ventilating and hand-hole members which will now be described.

, These ventilating and hand-hole members are provided within a panel portion 8 of the body 1,which panel portion; is alsopro'vided with an outlook 9, if desired, and so here shown. This ventilating panel 8 isstrengthened by a rectangular frame 10 comprised of light, gauge rod. It might be stated that the inclosure and panel-constructions shown and 1 described are presumed to be of fabric-body material, so that the metal strengthening members 2 and lOare provided. The panel ,8 I is movable relatively to the other portionof the inclosurebody 1, and, in the formhere shown and described,.is hinged to theother portion of the body linthe vertical planell so; that said panel 8 can be swung outwardly,

from the body memben There is no necessityed to Play i g d so med th cu t i body member 1 so as to direct the opening and closing of thepanel 8 and particularly these rod portions 16are adapted to hold the panel 8 in open position: For this purpose theifab ric body member 1, acent the top and bot-1' tom of the panel 8, is formed with elongated guide-grooves 1 7', of substantially the depth of'the-rod' end portions 16 and of substantially thel ength of the top and bottomedges o fthe ventilating panel 8, as plainly shown i nFi'gures 35. and 4, whereby uponmoving the panel r8i7ontwardly from the position in Figure I]; to,

the position shown in Figure 2, the rod 14 can turn in the pocket 13 and therod portions 16 can travel in the fabric grooves 17. This ac tion Will result in the end portions 16 of the rod 14 holding the panel 8 in an open ventilating position determined by the distance through which the rod ends 16 have been 'moved in the guide grooves 17, the ventilatingopening produced 'bythis adjustment of the panel 8 being indicated by the number 22; Means are provided for positively holding the panel 8 in closed position. In the form of inclosure which is shown, these fastening means consist of a short section of'coil spring 18 which is releasably hooked at one end over a convenient fastenlng device, such as a: pln

, 19, carried in th'e body member 1: adjacent the upper end of the opening edge 21 of the panel 8, the other end of this spring section 18 being permanentlysecured, for instance, to

the adjacent corner of the pivotal rod14 l/Vhen both ends of the spring section 18 are fastened, the door'will be heldin closed position, such as shown in Figure 1, and when the one end ofthe spring section 18 is released from the pin 19, the spring can fall down into the position shown approximately in Figure 2 and the panel 8 canbeopened, asshown in Figure 2.

The lower left-hand corner of the panel 8, in theclosed position of the latter,- makes a tight joint with the bod member 1 only by reason of themore or less tensioning effect caused by the spring 18 and the construction of panel which has been shown and described.

This tension-ing effect, although sufficient to makea satisfactory joint for weatherproof purposes, is not suflicient to interpose anysub stantial resistance to the passing of the'op- I erators hand by the panel adj acent this lower" left-hand corner so as to permit traflic signallmg, etc. Thus, the construction'of panel serves to permlt such convenient signalling,

even when the panel isclo'sed, and is not being used for its ventilating purpose. The-natural spring of the materials permitsthis operation without inconvenience or injury or without impairing the closing effect of the panel, when the operators hand is withdrawn.

What I claim is:

r 1. An automobile side inclosure comprising a fabric curtain body member-provided with a ventilating opening havingtwo substantially parallel edge sfa somewhat resili'ent' fabric panel connectedto said body member near one of said edges for swinging movement and adapted to close said opening, said panel havinga reinforcing, frame, and resilient means connecting one end of the swinging edgeofsaid panel to said body member and end when the other end of said swinging edge is opened, and means on said body member and panel" adapted to maintain the entire' swinging edge in open position.

3. An automobile inclosure comprising a curtain body member provided with a ventilating opening and guide grooves at the upper and: lower edges'of said opening, a substantially rectangular resilient panel connected at a vertical edgeto said body, member .for' i swinging movement and adapted to close said opening, a coilspring releasablv connecting the upper endof the swinging edge Eof said panel to an-adjacent portion of said body memberand adapted to maintain the upper 7 part of said panel inclosedposition when the lower end ofthe swinging edge is opened by cxtensionofthe drivers hand through said opening and by saidlower end of the swing-- ing edge, and a rod movably: mounted on said 7 panel and adapted to slide in said guide grooves- V .c

Signed by me this 2nd :day of January, 1930. r

, GEORGES-E. BISHOR.

tending to maintain said panel in its closed" position. I r 2. Anautomobile inclosure comprising a fabriccurtain body member provided With- 

